Sarah, The short answer is that, yes, you can substitute butter for shortening in cookies. It will, however, change the texture and appearance of the end product. Because shortening is 100% fat and butter is roughly 85% fat and 15% water, cookies with butter in them tend to spread more during baking.
Usage: Yang is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Yang are in general originating from China, France, South Korea, United States of America.
Ying Yang is a very thoughtless Americanization of Yin Yang. But I am sure the unwary soul who uses this pronunciation has not studied the Lao Tze or Chuang Tze or the I Chingâ¦ or other such Taoist works which discuss this concept, or else they would have repeatedly bumped into the lack of the non-existent 'g'.